Mads Gjertsen Glad was born in 1761 in Hønsø and died in 1837 in Dalen at the age of 76. He married Maria Torgersen, daughter of Torger Fredriksen and Inger Evensdatter, on October 2, 1783. She was born on March 6, 1759 in Lindholmen and died in 1802 at the age of 42.